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“I would rather die on my feet than live on my knees!” - GENERAL MEGATHREAD: Wednesday, January 13th 2021

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i do not care for america

- on the one hand, thats awful
  but on the other, is anyone actually surprised?
  you dont storm a government building with zipties and guns to have brunch, and the cops have been very openly in support of those far-right folks for forever, because some of those that work forces yadayada
  
  you dont storm a government building with zipties and guns to have brunch
  Agreed. The capitol thing looks funny now due to how it turned out but it could really have turned out really bad.
- Was she in actual danger or was this some chud on a stream saying “imma assassinate AOC while I’m here lol!” to their five followers?
  
  It sounds like it was a direct confrontation of some sort. We know that chuds can be full of hot air, but I get the feeling there is more to it than that from what I've been seeing. We've seen them froth over her and Ilhan being "literal communists" or whatever (not to mention other Dems) so I really think there was a significant chance of her being harmed.
  Also saw on twitter that she said that she didn't want to go to the main saferoom with her colleagues out of a genuine (and founded) fear that they might let her location slip to the chuds.
- Anyone got a link?
  
  There's clips of the instagram livestream going around twitter.
- Cops turning on the Government. Will the national gaurd be next

I'm actually really glad chapo got booted from reddit. It was annoying trying to pretend like it isn't awesome when an old billionaire kicks the bucket
- It was a blessing in disguise that we got booted off that hell site even though we have new problems now.

The Squads intense push to impeach (lol) compared with their recent Medicare For All efforts really puts a bad taste in my mouth.

First day of quitting smoking. Not even 24 hours and I already feel like ass. Pls pray for me 🙏

Had a client just tell me about a person who works at Google who is on paid vacation to work on a project to find the "perfect exercise routine".
They have come to the conclusion that everyone (not most people, literally everyone) will be doing longboard dancing in the future.
LMAO

Do I enjoy Cushvlogs because they are good, or because I deeply identify with "large upper-midwest adult son goes on anti-capitalist, historical trivia-filled diatribe to anyone within earshot"?
- This is why I hate going to bars. If I get some person I'm trying to commiserate with after a couple drinks, I will jump straight into radical left politics and scare them off. This is especially problematic because I live in chud central.
  
  No kidding. Idk how coworkers, friends, family, partner, and dog all put up with me. I feel like the embodiment of "I swear I won't get political/3 beers later" meme sometimes. And often I don't even need a drink to do it!
  
  This is why I prefer to be nice to bartenders and commiserate with them about the chuds.
- The last two have been :fidel-cool:
  
  He do be bringing some heat
- Yes.
  
  Fuck, you're right.

- Obama but after the revolution happens: “Uhhh, I am hiding in fear”
- Obama but he is not a fan of the classics: "Uhhhhh, I dislike King Lear"
  :agony-consuming:
- Obama but he’s dressed as Santa: uhhh let me spread cheer
  
  obama but the photo-op hes dressed as santa for is experiencing a delay: uhh, wheres the reindeer?
- Obama, but he walks out without closing his tab: "Uhhh, guess this is free beer."
- Obama, but kissenger finally kicks the bucket: "Uhhh, let me shed a tear".
- Obama butt - illustrated by Ben Garrison

Holy shit AOC is getting torn apart on twitter, even her die hard fans are calling foul on her takes this time, love to see it :che-smile:

- Apparently these turns of phrase (“inverting subject and predicate” or some weird shit like that) were popularized by Feuerbach.
  I don’t know much about it personally, but I found it interesting. I learned it from a primo episode of Antifada (one from Nov, the last one on that dirt bag black feed) on Debord, who uses this kind of sentence structure a lot in Society of the Spectacle. I kept getting distracted reading it because all I could think of was that little fucking rat

I’m going to go for an early morning run and then will consider redevoting my life to becoming Military and Spiritual leader of the Western left.
The only thing that’s stopping me from doing this already is that I find you all mildly annoying.
Homeless people - wonderful
\ Gamers - not so much
- redevoting my life to becoming Military and Spiritual leader of the Western left
  :Gaddafi:
  
  That needs to be a real emoji.
- But think, if you became our leader you could make us be less annoying 🧐

𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐛𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝. 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐧𝐨 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧’𝐭 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐧𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐭, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐧𝐨 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐬. 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐥𝐞𝐝𝐠𝐞𝐝. 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐜𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐭𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟. 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐥 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞. 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐧𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬. 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲’𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐛𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐲 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐧. 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐥𝐞𝐬. 𝐒𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞. 𝐘𝐨𝐮’𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞. 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐚𝐥𝐚 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐬𝐢𝐱 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐚 𝐚𝐠𝐨. 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐫𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐝𝐬. 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐜𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐞. 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞. 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐞 𝐚𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮. 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐭𝐞. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤.
- What is this from? I love it.
  
  I just shat it out
- This is so inspiring it got me out of bed.
  :cyber-lenin:

Wanna get wrapped up in a floofy blanket like a big caterpillar and have a nap
:comfy:
But then my precious free time 😭

I’m 3 chapters into the audiobook of Trans Liberation. (Cis, straight, white guy here) and I have to say that it’s really eye opening so far. While I never had issues with anyone that’s lgtbq, hearing 1st hand accounts and some of the speeches Leslie has given made me realize how much more those groups of people are connected, and how personal the struggle to just be able to identify and express yourself how you feel is best due to these structures and institutions we have in place from a time when that expression targeted you as an outcast from society. I’ll keep reporting back when I get further into it. Love and solidarity to all my trans comrades out there.

if chuds weren't so incompetent, the capitol protest would have been really really bad
- if the dems further fund the military or pass any sort of patriot act 2.0, then id say it went pretty much as planned. maybe not by the people that planned it, but by the people that let it happen. :tin-foil:

Is it political theater that won't go anywhere? Yes. Is Trump being impeached twice funny as hell? God yes.

Just woke up, what did I miss the last 97 years?

Materialist analysis on January 6th:
It was clearly an inside job.
CIA-backed organizations were in attendance: Falun Gong, South Vietnamese nationalists, pro-Shah Iranians, anti-Castro Cubans, etc. Fascist organizations, which are heavily infiltrated, were there. Military psyop groups were there [1]. Republican congress people conspired beforehand to target people such as AOC & Pressley.
The storming of the Capitol was a pro-Trump deep state operation. It was led by the faction of Capital that wants to continue Trump's orientation towards Iran and Venezuela. Biden has plans to de-escalate these situations, which is the consensus amongst the bourgeoisie. Only the oil industry want these wars. The military industry is content with the "new Cold War" on China. The rest of bourgeoisie have no stake in the matter.
When times are good, the bourgeoisie share profits. When times are bad, the bourgeoisie apportion losses. We are in the worst of times for capitalism. The bourgeoisie are going to continue to factionalize and divide the world. This creates an opportunity for socialist revolution, and an opportunity for wars of extinction.

defending trans rights on r/cringetopia rn

Look at the picture of Biden when he was still VP and look at him now. The eyes are different. It's not the same guy. Even the media noticed that Biden had gotten heavy plastic surgery done. They wrote articles about it, pointing out the scars around his ears. So it's not just us who noticed that he doesn't look like the same guy that stood next to Obama. I wouldn't put it past the Left to use a body double.
“Show me the DNA” is the new birther conspiracy lmao
- My Boss may or may not believe this, I can't tell if he was joking
  
  He’s not joking. Unionize your work place.
- Putting The Genome Project into overdrive so we can determine once and for all if Joe Biden is a changeling.

Kinda weird for a "riot"
Panic buttons were inexplicably torn out ahead of Capitol riots, says Ayanna Pressley chief of staff | The Independent
She told the Boston Globe that she had reached for the panic buttons installed in Ms Pressley’s office as they tried to barricade themselves in.
The Boston Globe article: "It was like looking at evil": The Capitol attack through the eyes of the Massachusetts delegation - The Boston Globe
r/politics thread

looks like italy is going full fash again soon lads

Mashing auto complete on my phone gives me the following:
I am the queen of the world then the end of the world then the end of the world then the end of the world then the end of the world then the end of the world then the end of the world
So basically don't fuck with me
- Rem-ist Realism: it is easier to type the end of the world than to type the end of monarchy (or a sentence)
  
  I would make such a good arch-reactionary conniving court intrigue bitch, you wouldn't believe
- Rap that over a trap beat and you got a banger
  
  Your mind 🤯 :cat-vibing: :CommiePOGGERS:

Guys, America is such a great country. Why are we a great country? Because the Wright brothers flew this thing called a plane! Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier! An American walked on the moon!
And THAT is why we cannot impeach trump!

- Educate always, comrade.

:agony-consuming: SAMANTHA FUCKING POWER IS GOING BACK TO THE WHITE HOUSE :agony-consuming:

Former barista for 10 years:
Can confirm for anybody interested in that coffee that it is very delicious and holds up to every way I tried brewing it. It made some kick ass cold brew as well.
- Thank you for your service :maduro-coffee:

thinking about calling my boss by his work title / Mr. Lastname. He is a Michael Scott type middle manager that likes to pretend we are friends. Maybe not to Michael Scott levels, but its all first name basis/hows the weekend at work. Like, if I piss you off/don't work for 5 days you would kill me with homelessness. we aren't friends and you shouldn't get to pretend you aren't a class traitor
- naw, he has literally called himself a "company man." he worked his way up in a field that he doesn't have a degree in, so if the company fires him he losses basically his entire career. maybe a manager at some big box store or something. the field we work in is very niche
  edit: he is also a lib-reformed chud (liked beto, than pete, than bloomberg. gave lip service to bernie at one point, but didn't think it was possible) now we need to learn to "compromise" because we are "too polarized." all this is to say, I can't really fake it with him anymore

Hahahahahaaaaaaaaaaahahahaaaaahaha
Former FBI Director James Comey tells the @BBC that Biden should "consider" pardoning Trump.
"As part of healing the country ... I think Joe Biden is going to have at least think about that."
Tweet

I missed my fellow late night chapos for that scary hour with no new megathread
- This is European users erasure - it's early morning for all three of us.

I hate that stupid fucking food rap ad so much "Pad Thai, French fry, artichoke, no hope, hot pot, cum shot, etc." it's like the fucking fairy odd parents theme song, I don't want this shit, screw you door dash or whoever you are.

horay

Escargot to the polls

I'm freeloading with some family rn which rules, but one of the caveats is that I've been exposed to extremely high levels of CNN and can't make it stop, someone pls save me from the reality where John Kaisch is still relevant

I really hope there is continued infighting among rightwingers under the Biden admin.....
Two camps: Block everything camp (McConnell) and "Try and compromise" camp (not sure who?) so we can laugh at them for the next 2 years.
It's healthy for the left when chuds are in disarray.

When I was in middle school I thought USSR stood for "United States of Soviet Russia".

Part 1 for all those that wanna know the context.
I got pulled from the freelance gig, the bossman asked me to pause what I am doing and hand over my material to their local team. That's fine. it stings a little bit. It was my dream work, but locality and additional experience these people might have, probably serve them better. One of them even claims to know the art instructor and said I wasn't understanding his point. I would disagree a little bit, but ya know, what the hell do I know.
I'm still gonna get paid. And the door was left open for finding additional opportunities later down the line. But I gotta be honest. I was pulling apart at the seams. My wife and I had a health scare with the baby, I was trying not to cry. Our newly moved in the house is still mostly boxes. My office space is a clusterfuck. Grad school semester is about to start. God works in mysterious ways? I dunno.

Why the fuck is working out so hard? Like, I'm in shape, and I've lifted regularly (well, on/off) for fifteen years, but I've basically been on the same plateau the whole time. I can count the workouts in which I've felt actually strong and full of vigor on one hand. Is it this hard for everyone? How are some people so fucking big?

psa: don't tase your balls

I'm so excited we finally have !neurodiverse@hexbear.net it's been so nice to have the space without the pressure

Soooooorrrrrrrrrrrrrrre 😣
- And horny wtf, morning after workout hits different

Letter to my younger self: you do not actually 'get it' until you can publicly oppose liberals and be known this way to peers. your internal beliefs mean shit. and try harder at dating

I will buy Zapatista coffee beans and in exchange, please give us zapata emotes

- should make a megafurrythread sometime, show them what for. maybe on saturday, with anthropomorphic cats or something. idk im a doctor not a megathreadologist
- Rightfully so :nuke:

I feel like pro-war propagandists need a new example for a justified intervention. WWII was 75 years ago, and still referencing it ends up being an indictment of US foreign policy.

Whats the point of impeaching Trump again if you took away his twitter, so we all can't enjoy his meltdown ?

I have been sleeping like shit comrades.

I miss hanging out at bars

Cut way back on drinking because I enjoy not being hungover and broke all the time, plus I can exercise or whatever in the mornings instead of lying in bed feeling like shit, but every night it’s kinda like what else is there to do??
- Masturbation
  The Marvel Cinematic Universe
  Instagram
  Fun new recipes
  What are celebrities doing?
  Cleaning
  
  Almost all those are better when drunk tho 👀
- yep

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